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Commercial surrogacy outlawed in Thailand after Gammy scandal

by McBlog2 • 30 November 2014 • Comments Off on Commercial surrogacy outlawed in Thailand after Gammy scandal

Herald Sun 28 November 2014
THAILAND’S parliament has voted to ban commercial surrogacy after outrage erupted over the largely unregulated industry following allegations an Australian couple abandoned a baby with Down’s syndrome.

A draft bill — which would see anyone profiting off surrogacy given a maximum 10-year prison sentence — passed its first reading in the country’s military-stacked parliament on Thursday, legislator Wallop Tungkananurak said.

“We want to put an end to this idea in foreigners’ minds that Thailand is a baby factory,” he told AFP.